I have a habit of changing my perfume after major life events, so that way if I ever want to go back to a certain time period in my life, I just have to buy a bottle of perfume that will be full of memories and nostalgia
Perfecting one's intention for Allah's sake, is a lifetime's work.
Yūsuf ibn al-Husayn ar-Rāzī said:
“The most difficult thing in the world is ikhlās. How I struggle to remove showing off from my heart and it is as if it grows in it again with other colours.”
[Jami' Al-'Ulum Wa'l-Hikam by Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali رحمه الله pg. 10]
coming back to the things you loved when you were younger feels so special
TASTE OF CHERRY ‘طعم گيلاس, Ta’m-e gīlās’ (1997) dir. Abbas Kiarostami
One of the salaf said: “Rajab is like the wind and Sha'ban is like cloud-cover while Ramadan is like the rain. Thus, whoever does not sow in Rajab and does not water in Sha'ban, how does he expect to harvest in Ramadan!” اللهم بلغنا رمضان